No man can be brave who thinks pain the greatest evil; nor
temperate, who considers pleasure the highest god.
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No man can be brave who thinks pain the greatest evil; nor
temperate, who considers pleasure the highest god.
[Lat., Fortis vero, dolorem summum malum judicans; aut temperans,
voluptatem summum bonum statuens, esse certe nullo modo potest.]

God himself favors the brave.
[Lat., Audentes deus ipse juvat.]

God himself favors the brave.
[Lat., Audentes deus ipse juvat.]

The truly brave,
When they behold the brave oppressed with odds,
Are touched with a desire to read more

The truly brave,
When they behold the brave oppressed with odds,
Are touched with a desire to shield and save:--
A mixture of wild beasts and demi-gods
Are they--now furious as the sweeping wave,
Now moved with pity; even as sometimes nods
The rugged tree unto the summer wind,
Compassion breathes along the savage mind.

Fight till the last gasp.

Fight till the last gasp.

There is no such thing as bravery; only degrees of fear.

There is no such thing as bravery; only degrees of fear.

A true knight is fuller of bravery in the midst, than in the beginning of danger.

A true knight is fuller of bravery in the midst, than in the beginning of danger.

Brave men were living before Agamemnon.

Brave men were living before Agamemnon.

'Tis more brave
To live, than to die.

'Tis more brave
To live, than to die.

There's a brave fellow! There's a man of pluck!
A man who's not afraid to say his say,
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There's a brave fellow! There's a man of pluck!
A man who's not afraid to say his say,
Though a whole town's against him.